Grendel!!

I spent an hour yesterday scrubbing Grendel's cage, and replacing the cypress mulch I had been keeping him on with aspen. It was too hard to see poop in the cypress, and though I spot-clean frequently, it still tended to get really stinky in there because I would miss spots. Hopefully the aspen will fix that.

Once his cage was all clean, I did not feel like putting him away...he is freshly shed and feels like silk in my hands, and he is looking just exceptional right now...so we took a walk down a local trail where there is a nice spot for photos. I got a ton of gorgeous photos, and I got to chat with some nice people walking by, who were all fascinated by him. We go there regularly for pictures, and I have surprisingly never gotten a negative comment about him there...I think he is just so gorgeous that even non-snake people are impressed. ^_^

Here is his nice clean cage...not a very good shot, but it is hard to get the whole thing in the frame.

Something kind of neat occurred to me today after I posted these....it was about ten years ago that I went to the Sacramento reptile expo and got to hold an Indigo snake...which started my obsession. This year, I am bringing Grendel to the expo to show him off (NOT to sell him!!), and maybe I'll pass that obsession along to someone new!!

Beautiful colors. How do you get him outside? Carrier? he doesn't feel inclined to slither off?

Grendel travels in a pillowcase with a knot at the top. It's a way to move him safely without causing a traffic accident! He does fidget and try to poke his head out, but not to *leave*, just to see what's going on.

Grendel travels in a pillowcase with a knot at the top. It's a way to move him safely without causing a traffic accident! He does fidget and try to poke his head out, but not to *leave*, just to see what's going on.

And when you let him out, he just enjoys the view and doesn't slither off? Wow. I so wish I could get my cats to do that.